In line with its developmental mandate, the Department of Social Development will conduct a week-long NPO compliance outreach programme in the Eastern Cape Province. Tailored for the NPO sector, the aim of this outreach programme is to bring the Department’s support services on the doorsteps of local NPOs to enable them to comply with the requirements of the Non-Profit Organisations Act (Act No. 71 of 1997, as amended by General laws Amendment Act).
As recently announced, the Department has begun the implementation of the phased-in approach for the de-registration of non-compliant Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). As part of its decisions to put South Africa on the grey list, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) found that NPOs have a medium exposure to terror financing and money laundering. Social Development, as the registrar and custodian of the NPO Act was tasked to develop and implement the NPO Terror Funding Risk Assessment.
The outreach programme forms part of the Department’s ongoing national efforts to enhance the NPO compliance and implement FATF recommendations ahead of its review of South Africa’s progress early next year.
The NPO sector play a very important role in the social and economic well-being of communities across South Africa. In addition to providing the much-needed essential services to many vulnerable communities across the country, the latest Quarterly Labour Force Suvey shows that as the private sector scales back on employment, the NPO sector continues to create employment opportunities, particularly for women and young people.
During the outreach programme, the NPOs will be taken through the NPO Act that regulates registration and compliance issues in the sector, measures currently underway to strengthen the legislative and institutional frameworks for combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in South Africa using a risk-based approach, as well as Recommendation 8 on the NPO sector from FATF. The NPOs will have an opportunity to check and update their compliance status or request voluntary de-registration.
Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the NPO compliance outreach programme planned as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 26 November
Time: 09h00 - 16h00
Venue: NU10 Community Hall - Mdantsane
Date: Wednesday, 27 November
Time: 09h00 -16h00
Venue: Ginsberg Community Hall, King William’s Town
Date: Thursday, 28 November 2024
Time: 09h00 -16h00
Venue: Step Ahead ECD, Nkomazi Place, Amalinda
Media can RSVP by contacting Ms Nomfundo Xulu-Lentsoane on 066 480 6845 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Media enquiries may be forwarded to Mr Bathembu Futshane on 071 162 1154 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
